Valerie Plante was sworn in for a second term as mayor of Montreal

Valérie Plante's second term as mayor of Montreal officially began Thursday evening after she was sworn in alongside dozens of city councilors and borough mayors.

After being sworn in, he thanked Montreal voters for trusting him and his team to lead the city for a second term.

“This trust allows us to move forward – to move Montreal forward,” he said.

Plante won the Montreal mayoral election on November 7, winning more than half of all ballots, overwhelming his opponent and predecessor, Denis Coderre.

Plante won 52 percent of the vote overall, 13 percentage points ahead of Coderre.

This was his second victory over the former mayor. In the 2017 election, Plante won 51 percent of the vote, while Coderre won 46 percent.

Compared to 2017, the Montreal Project won 35 of Montreal's 65 council seats and won the majority of the vote. The Montreal ensemble won 24 places. Before the election, Project Montréal won 33 seats.

Coderre resigned from municipal politics shortly after losing the election, and his party, Ensemble Montréal, contested the results in two districts, Cote-de-Neige-Notre-Dame-de-Grace and Rivière-de-Prairie-Pointe-au-Tremblant.

A Quebec civil court judge has approved a recount for two mayors, as well as city councilors for the boroughs of Loyola and Pointe-à-Prairie.

During the swearing-in ceremony, councilors and district mayors were named individually, and Montreal's general secretary, Emmanuel Thani-Moore, was declared “elect”.

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Then they were all called to take an oath, repeated after Thani-Moore, and promised to respect the law and abide by the city's code of ethics.

Then the mayor signed the contract with her husband and sons – proudly smiling at the photographers. He then addressed the audience at the Palace of Congress, touching on the past four years and looking ahead.

“There's a lot of work to be done,” Plante said, adding that his administration aims to create a green, innovative city where families can find affordable housing and live safely.

Voters have expressed confidence in his administration's plan for the city, he said, and “our vision is clear.” He said his administration will work for the people and with the people.

Montreal has a strong economic infrastructure that has rebounded strongly from the pandemic, he said. Plante described the city as the cultural and economic locomotive of Quebec.

“Working together will benefit us all,” he said. “Over the next four years, all Montrealers are invited to work closely together in the development of our city.”